Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
GYPSIES IN BUFFALO.
LUXURIOUS NOMADS WHO OWN THE
SWAY OF AN AMERICAN QUEEN.
Royalty Cnquestioned in = Republican,
teresting Visit to the People Who Build

Winter.
sOh. you don't a to say anything about
rs We are not in the show business. ane
don't want to be doomed in the newspapers
ror politicians looking for great fame o.
! honogs; neither are we as bad as some in
| agine, and do not deserve the noSoriety tia,
is sometimes put upon u rae BY those WIKI
know little or nothing about u.s.
. The speaker was William Broadway. a SOL
of Uncle John Broadway, the venerable coun
! selior of one Of tine leading gypsy tribes il
America. which is represented in Buffalo BY
several families that always spend their win
tiers here. The Broadways live in Folsom
street in a story and a half house that they
| rent for the season. There are other Cps
families belonging to other tribes living a.
Cold Springs, the Hydraulics and Black
Rock, but the Broadways, including the Har
risons and Smalls, who all belong to one
tribe. are generally recognized sas the more
cultured and respected aud better educated OF
the gypsy race.
THE REAL = THE bogus.
"There are gypsies and gypses," said
Broadway. when finally persuaded to talk
about his people, sand there is just as much
difference between the real and the bogus va
rieties as there is between a decent and re-
spectacle tourist and a rowdy, thievish
tramp. The trouble is that people sometimes
confound the two, and the good suffer with
the prejudice created by the bad. Some of
these nornads that travel around in the guiss
of gipsies are not gypsies at all, but merely
cheap imIostors who bring our race into dis
grace. We sometimes run across them in our
travels, but we never associate with them.
You will see red headed and light complex
Toned people among them, which is a sure
sign that they are not gypsies, because the
real gypsy is swarthy hued, black eyed and
with black hair, and his veins are filed with
the pure and ~unaduluera.ed blood OF our
Egyptian ancestors
Il can tell a true gypsy at a glance. co'nmu-
nicate with him by signs that are ineligible
only among ourselves, and converse with him
in pure Egyptian. Most of our tribe are also
Free Mssons and recognized the world
over. We have our family records BY
which we are able to trace our pedigree
back to the ancient days Of oar race. and
there is much in our forms, customs and be
lief, preserved in their original purity. that
deserves respect and of which We are proud.
fundamental principles OF our race, re-
igiouSsy Observed as they are, encourage tbs
type of morality among US, and as a
result you never hear of a gyTsy who gets
or is p~rofane, or charged with adul-
terry, abandonment, seduction or any OF the
low things 50 common to the age. the family
Of true gyPies are of the happiest
nature and the ties OF relationship the closest.
provide for our own sick, and we have no
pauperS"
OLDEST GYPSY QUEEN. |
There is no queen Of the gyPies in the
United States in the sense thai she rules over |
III in America" said Broadway. There are |
several tribes in this country, each having its |
queen and king. The tribe referred to |
n dispatch is different from ours, Just as one !
Tibe of Indians would differ from another, !
related in race. Our tribe is one of |
he oldest and our queen is alive, ard a white
haired woman who is well advanced in years,
md whom we expect to have among Us for
many years to cone. In the fall OF each year.
when we settle in our winter quarters in the
titles, our queen goes back to England and
again in spring. She is tie Oldest
ypy queen now IN the world alive and has
longer than any of her predecessors"
-How does she lookF7
well, I suppose you have the picture Of q
old woman in your mind, having
and wriukled features, shriveled in
orm and bearing out the accepted idea of a
vitch- But she looks altogether different
Dur queen is well preserved, a little above the
height, with kindly features and
black eyes, while her hair is like the
oamo Of your Niagara She travels With Us
Turing the summer, and is adored BY youn.
nd old wherever We go. We are proud Of
ur queen, for she IS as good as she is beauti-
ul She returns to this country in about
months
The family wagons Of the several families
elonging to the gypsy tribe Of which Bread
Eay is a member are stored in Taylor's man.
moth warehouse on Seneca street. The We
icles are curiosities in their way and quite
rnamental In construction The handsomest
ar or wagon is that Of Cncle John Broad
Eay, and is a very costly affair. Its int
ior IS fitted up in oriental splendor, With rich
lit carvings and maid wood designs, and
u~mptuously upholstered. The accommoda-
ions are arranged somewhat after the plan
{ a Pullman sleeping coach Large plate
lass windows swinging on hinges and pro-
iAOA \ Ac0ss I6" Suk Curtains, are On
be sides, and a stained glass window orna-
the rear. These wagons, of which
here are five, are for the women and chill
rem The kitchen utensils are carried under
wagons. and all the cooking is done in
be open air. The temperate. sanitary. out.
DOR life of these PEOPLE is conducive to
God health, and sickness among them while
n their travels is an unusual thing. In Buff.
alo there are at present about 100 gypsy
antilles III winter quarters, and every tribe
4 the United States is represented. About
Lay l the annual summer hegira will BEGIN
the tour generally lasts until about thu
liter part of October.-Bufalo News
High Priced Shakespeare.
In ~ Broadway store you can eet q
lr Shakespeare for $2.75, OF, il your
urse IS large enough, you can go up to thu
upendous figure of $500. This, 1 think-
The highes. On the whole list, Is it ven
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